<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Five hundred pellets of the Mediterranean Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii were collected at three roost-sites along the Slovenian coast and analysed. The diet was characterized mostly by the dominance of bottom dwelling fish species of the appropriate size. The Black Goby Gobius niger was the most dominant prey and represented the Shag’s main prey in the studied area (IRI% = 64.0). The results of the study confirm that the Mediterranean Shag preys mainly on fish species which are without commercial value for local fisheries.</p></abstract>

Five hundred pellets of the Mediterranean Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii were collected at three roost-sites along the Slovenian coast and analysed. The diet was characterized mostly by the dominance of bottom dwelling fish species of the appropriate size. The Black Goby Gobius niger was the most dominant prey and represented the Shag’s main prey in the studied area (IRI% = 64.0). The results of the study confirm that the Mediterranean Shag preys mainly on fish species which are without commercial value for local fisheries.

The diet of the Mediterranean Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii roosting along the Slovenian coast

Borut Mavrič1, Roberto Odorico2, Urška Koce3 1 Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, SI–6330 Piran,

Roberto Odorico2, Urška Koce3 1 Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, SI–6330 Piran,

Shoreline, Società Cooperativa, Padriciano 99, IT–34149 Trieste–Trst,

DOPPS – BirdLife Slovenia, Tržaška cesta 2, SI–1000 Ljubljana,

Acrocephalus

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Five hundred pellets of the Mediterranean Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii were collected at three roost-sites along the Slovenian coast and...

The diet of the Mediterranean Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii roosting along the Slovenian coast

Published Online: Mar 21, 2017

Page range: 151 - 158

Received: Dec 09, 2016

Accepted: Nov 29, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acro-2016-0008

Keywords
piscivorous birds, roosts, otoliths, northern Adriatic

© by Lovrenc Lipej

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The diet of the Mediterranean Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii roosting along the Slovenian coast

Published Online: Mar 21, 2017

Page range: 151 - 158

Received: Dec 09, 2016

Accepted: Nov 29, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acro-2016-0008

Keywordspiscivorous birds, roosts, otoliths, northern Adriatic

© by Lovrenc Lipej

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
piscivorous birds, roosts, otoliths, northern Adriatic